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Joe is
the regional president of Bank United in
Florida. He is the father of a young boy
with autism. He has been active in a
number of community organizations with a
focus on programs that seek to help
children with disabilities and their
families. Joe was the sponsor of the
Inaugural FAU-CARD Golf Tournament held
on September 20, 2007 at the Winston
Trails Golf Course in Lake Worth. Joe
has been very active with FAU faculty
and the Autism Society of Florida in
helping to advocate for autism services
for the FAU region and the entire state
having traveled to Tallahassee to share
his views with legislatures.
Al has
been a resident of Palm Beach County
since 1970. He is the father of three
children and a CARD constituent for many
years. Al is a longtime member of the
Autism Society of America of the Palm
Beaches and the past chairperson of the
Family Care Council. He is the current
vice-chair of the Local Advocacy
Council. Al is a member of the Partners
in Transition Workgroup and member of
the Palm Beach County Council for
Transition. He earned his MBA from Nova
Southeastern University and is currently
employed as a Transition Advocacy
Specialist at the Coalition for
Independent Living Options.
Bob and
his wife, Anne, have a young son with
autism and served together as the
2005-2006 Honorary Chairs for the Palm
Beach County Walk Far for NAAR event.
Their son, Jack, has made remarkable
progress as a result of the intensive
and skilled intervention services Bob
and Anne have coordinated. Jack is
currently in the Talented and Gifted
program in Palm Beach County Schools and
is fully included in a general education
classroom. Bob is an attorney and owner
of Building Solutions, LLC in West Palm
Beach. HE has served on the Independent
Sales Surtax Oversight Committee of the
Palm Beach County School District and
was the Chairman of the Palm Beach
County Environment Appeal Board for
2005-2006. He was elected to the Palm
Beach County School Board from District
4 in 2006. In addition, Bob and Anne
have been active in helping rally
support for an expanded FAU CARD and
continue to support CARD's efforts in
Tallahassee.
Darlene
is the mother of a young boy with autism
and other disabilities. She has been an
active advocate for families of children
with disabilities. She had worked for
the Center of Independent Living is West
Palm Beach and now works as a support
coordinator with Barbara Burns and
Associates in Boca Raton. Here she helps
persons with disabilities and their
families make choices as to the services
they wish to have provided. As an
African-American, Darlene is sensitive
to the special challenges that minority
families fact in raising a child with
disabilities.<
Dennis is
the proud father of Brad, a young man
who has autism. He is an autism and law
enforcement author and advocate, and he
has trained law enforcement professional
throughout the United States, Canada,
and the United Kingdom over the past
decade. Dennis lives in Port St. Lucie
with his wife, Gay, and their son, Brad.
Jackie
lives in Boca Raton with her son Daniel
who has autism. She has been a member of
the UM CARD Constituency Board since its
inception. She has been an advocate for
children and families since her son was
diagnosed in 1988 and is involved with
many school and community organizations
and boards throughout South Florida.
Jackie is currently the South Florida
Director for Autism Speaks coordinating
fund raising events to raise money for
biomedical research.
Janet is
a vice president of Comerica Bank in
Boca Raton and a CPA. She is the mother
of a young boy with autism. She has been
active in developing services for
persons with disabilities in Boca Raton.
She was instrumental in helping
establish an early intervention program
at St. Mary's Hospital. She worked to
bring about major improvement in
services for persons with disabilities
at the Jewish Community Center in West
Boca Raton. She has been very active
with FAU faculty in helping to advocate
for a new and expanded CARD for FAU,
having traveled several times to
Tallahassee to share her views with
legislators.
Pam is a
marketing consultant for IBM Corporation
with over 20 years of sales, marketing
and management experience. She served as
Chairperson for the Renaissance Learning
Center Governing Board for four years
and is currently Chairperson of
Renaissance's School Advisory Council.
Pam is active in fundraising for the
Autism Project of Palm Beach County and
has served as Co-Chairperson for their
annual dinner. She is also a free-lance
grant writer and proud mother to Andrew,
a wonderful boy who has autism.
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